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the higheft rocks upon Beacon hill. Alfo upon 
the rocks near Thrinkfton. 
The Lichen hirtus, and floridus Linna3i are 
both found in our Woods. 
Several of the moffes belonging to this exten- 
five Genus enter into oeconomical and medicinal 
ufes; in the latter province the Cup-mofs and the 
Horned mofs have been celebrated in inveterate 
coughs, efpecially the former in the ch incough of 
Children ; and Lungwort has been no lefs famous 
in Confumptions. The prefent practice, however, 
regards them but very little, except the afh-co- 
loured ground Liverwort introduced into pra&ice 
by Dr. Mead. Their oeconomical ufes are much 
more extenfive : The orcella forms a branch of 
trade on account of its ufe in dying : but it is not 
the only fpecies that is capable of being applied 
that way ; there are others, which will tinge a 
purple and yellow colour : and it is to be wi/hed 
that experiments were made with fome of them 
for that purpofe, as they are fo plentifully found 
in our own nation. The common coralline mofs 
is the principal food of the Rein-Deer, in winter, 
in the northern countries of Lapland, and even with 
this alone will they frequently become fat. We 
have hints of feveral other oeconomical ufes of this 
tribe of plants in the Flora Oeconomica, A mam. 
Acad. Vol. I. taken from Linnasus’s Itinera ; which 
books we are deprived of the pleafure of reading 
on account of their being wrote in the Swedi/h 
tongue. Amidft the great variety of books much 
lefs ufeful and entertaining, it is greatly to be re- 
gretted that they are not likewife tranflated into a 
language more univerfally known. 
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